Accepted
What's it like to be accepted?
To know that someone cares for you? That someone isn't afraid to be by your side? What's it like to be accepted, by people who have just met you? That someone isn't afraid to say to you "I like you." What's it like to know that it's all right to be who you want to be? To know that someone is rooting for you when you're playing a sport or when you are in a competition? What's it like to have someone to share a smile with? Or who can make you laugh? What is it like to be understood by someone who doesn't have the same condition as you? What is it like to know someone is always there when you need them? To feel loved? What does it feel like to have all those things? What does it feel like when someone compliments you? Or says something that made your day a lot better than before? How about, when you make a new friend? What does that feel like? How does it feel when someone who really cares about you pulls you into a warm embrace? What is it like to have good memories of people who really accepted you for who you are? How about when someone who has talked to you a few times considers you one of their friends? What does it feel like when someone helps you out on a school assignment, or helps you when you need it? What's it like to see someone stick up for you when you get bullied or picked on? What is it like to know, when you're sick, that someone makes you a get well card? What about when you hit a homerun in your baseball game and someone pats you on the back and says, "Great job!" What's it like to know, that when you do a bad thing to a person, that that person forgives you and gives you a warm smile? What does it feel like when you've been locked inside almost all your life, and to finally feel the cool breeze and the radiant heat from the sun touch your skin from the outside? When you are about to give up on hope, and at the last minute, someone finally seems to understand all you've been through...what does that feel like? When you've felt invisible for a long period of time, what does it feel like when someone actually notices you? When at night, you usually cry yourself to sleep, what does it feel like, when you're been able to fall asleep normally because you've had a great day at school? When you feel broken, what's it like to feel those pieces fixed again by someone who cares about you?
What's it like to be accepted?